1 Thessalonians 4
1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
Dalje, braæo, molimo vas i svjetujemo u Hristu Isusu, kao što primiste od nas, kako vam treba življeti i ugaðati Bogu, kao što živite, da bivate sve izobilniji.
2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Jer znate kakve vam zapovijesti dadosmo kroz Gospoda Isusa.
3 For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
Jer je ovo volja Božija, svetost vaša, da se èuvate od kurvarstva,
4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
I svaki od vas da zna držati svoj sud u svetinji i u èasti,
5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who do not know God,
A ne u slasti želja, kao i neznabošci, koji ne poznaju Boga;
6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
I da ne prestupate i zakidate u stvari brata svojega; jer æe Gospod pokajati sve to, kao što vam i prije kazasmo i posvjedoèismo.
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Jer Bog nas ne dozva na neèistotu, nego u svetost.
8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Koji dakle odbacuje, ne odbacuje èovjeka nego Boga, koji je dao svetoga Duha svojega u vas.
9 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,
A za bratoljublje ne trebujete da vam se piše, jer ste sami od Boga nauèeni da se ljubite meðu sobom,
10 for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more;
Jer to èinite sa svom braæom po cijeloj Maæedoniji. Ali vas molimo, braæo, da još izobilnije èinite,
11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you,
I da se ljubazno starate da ste mirni, i da gledate svoj posao, i da radite svojijem rukama, kao što vam zapovjedismo;
12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Da se vladate pošteno prema onima što su napolju, i da od njih ništa ne potrebujete.
13 But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you do not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
Neæu vam pak zatajiti, braæo, za one koji su umrli, da ne žalite kao i ostali koji nemaju nada.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
Jer ako vjerujemo da Isus umrije i vaskrse, tako æe Bog i one koji su umrli u Isusu dovesti s njim.
15 For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.
Jer vam ovo kazujemo rijeèju Gospodnjom da mi koji živimo i ostanemo za dolazak Gospodnji, neæemo preteæi onijeh koji su pomrli.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Jer æe sam Gospod sa zapoviješæu, s glasom aranðelovijem, i s trubom Božijom siæi s neba; i mrtvi u Hristu vaskrsnuæe najprije;
17 then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
A potom mi živi koji smo ostali, zajedno s njima biæemo uzeti u oblake na susret Gospodu na nebo, i tako æemo svagda s Gospodom biti.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
Tako utješavajte jedan drugoga ovijem rijeèima.
